205curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

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Don't laugh too much

Wednesday, January 24, 1996

لَا تُكْثِرُوا الضَّحِكَ، فَإِنَّ كَثْرَةَ الضَّحِكِ تُمِيتُ الْقَلْبَ

Transliteration

La tukthiru-d-dahik, fa-inna kathrata-d-dahiki tumitu-l-qalb.

Translation

Do not laugh excessively, too much laughter deadens the heart.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2305 (hasan)

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